Efficacy of the SOAR knee health program: protocol for a two-arm stepped-wedge randomized delayed-controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Knee trauma permanently elevates one's risk for knee osteoarthritis. Despite this, people at-risk of post-traumatic knee osteoarthritis rarely seek or receive care, and accessible and efficacious interventions to promote knee health after injury are lacking. Exercise can ameliorate some mechanisms and independent risk factors for osteoarthritis and, education and action-planning improve adherence to exercise and promote healthy behaviours.

Methods

To assess the efficacy of a virtually-delivered, physiotherapist-guided exercise-based program (SOAR) to improve knee health in persons discharged from care after an activity-related knee injury, 70 people (16-35 years of age, 12-48 months post-injury) in Vancouver Canada will be recruited for a two-arm step-wedged asses

SUBMITTER: Whittaker JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8790851 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature